Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

The high-stakes world of horse racing is the backdrop for danger to heart and body in Stephanie Laurens' latest Cynster series novel, What Price Love. Lady Priscilla Dalloway follows her twin brother, Rus, because she believes his new job with Lord Comarty's stables may have placed him in mortal danger. Once in England, the fiery Irishwoman butts heads with Dillon Caxton. Caxton is newly...

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

<b>Phillips' matchmaker extraordinaire</b> The no-holds-barred competition of the playing field pales in comparison to two determined matchmakers competing to find the perfect wife for sexy sports agent Heath Champion in Susan Elizabeth Phillips' raucous and fun-loving <b>Match Me if You Can</b>. Champion moves among the super-rich athletic realm of Chicago, but his...

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

Within the fabric that unites the Quintrell and Castillo families are taut threads with the power to affect the presidential campaign of Governor Josh Quintrell by revealing dark secrets meant to be buried with his father, New Mexico Senator Andrew Jackson Quintrell III. Winifred Castillo, sister-in-law of the senator, is determined that those secrets be exposed. Winifred hires family...

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

What makes a mother? And how do families work through challenges that have the power to rip them apart forever? In Judith Michael's new novel, motherhood comes by proxy for Sara Elliott when she takes over raising her three younger siblings after their father disappears and their mother has a stroke. Then Mack, their ne'er-do-well brother, returns to challenge her authority. Sara is forced to...

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

The jewelry trade is a rough-and-tumble business, in ways that gem cutter Kate Chandler discovers can be deadly. Popular romance writer Elizabeth Lowell captures this intriguing world in her riveting new suspense novel, The Color of Death. When her half-brother, Lee, disappears with the Seven Sins, a priceless set of unique sapphires, Kate refuses to accept easy explanations. FBI agent Sam...

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

The delicate dance of courtship between the determined suitor and the captivated yet resistant lady is the foundation of the quintessential romance. There's nary a misstep for the talented Stephanie Laurens as she choreographs a winsome waltz deftly balanced with a splash of intrigue in The Ideal Bride. Caro Sutcliffe is the Merry Widow, determined never again to enter a loveless marriage....

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

Enlightenment and hope battle the lingering darkness in a man's life in Kathleen Eagle's Night Falls Like Silk. Thomas Warrior, the artistic prodigy who appeared in Eagle's earlier book, The Night Remembers, has a lucrative career as a graphic novelist thanks to his well-known series starring a male/female character called Victor-Victory. But professional success competes with Thomas' inner...

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

Plein air paintings, seemingly simple landscapes, are part of the layers of family secrets about to be laid bare in Elizabeth Lowell's compelling new romantic suspense novel, Die in Plain Sight. Lacey Quinn has a stash of her grandfather's unique paintings, which depict life, in simple pastoral scenes, and gruesome death, enacted in terrifying splendor. But are the paintings what they seem? Or...

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

If your summer leisure plans include a nearby beach or a handy armchair, be sure to pack one of this month's panorama of love stories that will transport you into delicious adventure.When the career, the love life, the ego everything hit the fan, what's a self-help diva to do? What any sensible woman would do run for her life, preferably to the beautiful Italian countryside. That's exactly...

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

This holiday season we're indulging in a delicious mix of stories in which heroines whether they be maidens fair or conflicted modern women find heroes in their own lives."Marry a man at least of your standing," demands Helena's uncle in Stephanie Laurens' hardcover debut, The Promise in a Kiss. The aristocratic young Frenchwoman may have been reared in the genteel ways of an 18th...